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The '''Girls' Brigade''' is an international and interdenominational [[Christian]] [[youth organization]]. It was founded in 1893 in [[Dublin]], Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/html/about_gb.html|title=About GB|accessdate=2007-03-13}}</ref> The modern organization was formed as the result of the [[Consolidation (business)|amalgamation]] of three like-minded and similarly structured organizations in 1964.<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbic.org/History.htm|title=History of GB & info on International Conferences|accessdate=2007-03-13}}</ref> These organizations were the Girls' Brigade of Ireland (1893), the Girls' Guildry of Scotland (1900), and the Girls' Life Brigade of England (1902). The International Headquarters are currently based in | The '''Girls' Brigade''' is an international and interdenominational [[Christian]] [[youth organization]]. It was founded in 1893 in [[Dublin]], Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/html/about_gb.html|title=About GB|accessdate=2007-03-13}}</ref> The modern organization was formed as the result of the [[Consolidation (business)|amalgamation]] of three like-minded and similarly structured organizations in 1964.<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbic.org/History.htm|title=History of GB & info on International Conferences|accessdate=2007-03-13}}</ref> These organizations were the Girls' Brigade of Ireland (1893), the Girls' Guildry of Scotland (1900), and the Girls' Life Brigade of England (1902). The International Headquarters are currently based in Glasgow.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:z7YsO4TMXOYJ:www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/International_Annual_Report.doc+girls+brigade+headquarters+international+glasgow&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=uk|title=Address of HQ|accessdate=2007-03-13}}</ref> <br /> | ||
The organization operates in over 60 countries worldwide and is divided into five Fellowships: African, Asian, Caribbean and Americas, European, and Pacific.<ref name=International>{{cite web|url=http://www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/html/international.html|title=International GB|accessdate=2007-03-13}}</ref> International Conferences are held every four years, this has been happening since 1998 when the conference was in Australia.<ref name=history /> It was in Thailand in 2002 and Northern Ireland in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/International_Newsletter_Dec_2006.pdf|title=Newsletter mentioning where the 2006 ICGB conference was held|format=PDF|accessdate=2007-03-13}}</ref> | The organization operates in over 60 countries worldwide and is divided into five Fellowships: African, Asian, Caribbean and Americas, European, and Pacific.<ref name=International>{{cite web|url=http://www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/html/international.html|title=International GB|accessdate=2007-03-13}}</ref> International Conferences are held every four years, this has been happening since 1998 when the conference was in Australia.<ref name=history /> It was in Thailand in 2002 and Northern Ireland in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/International_Newsletter_Dec_2006.pdf|title=Newsletter mentioning where the 2006 ICGB conference was held|format=PDF|accessdate=2007-03-13}}</ref> | ||
The Queen Mother and [[Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester|Princess Alice]] were Girls' Brigade's patrons until their deaths in 2002 and 2004 respectively. There are, at the moment, no living patrons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/html/office_bearers.html|title=Patrons of GB|accessdate=2007-03-13}}</ref> | The Queen Mother and [[Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester|Princess Alice]] were Girls' Brigade's patrons until their deaths in 2002 and 2004 respectively. There are, at the moment, no living patrons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/html/office_bearers.html|title=Patrons of GB|accessdate=2007-03-13}}</ref> | ||
